Yang Hwan Kim

Yang Hwan Kim, Changwon-Si KR

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20080282568

DRYER - A dryer, which can control the amount of heat generated from a heater in accordance with the clogging degree of an air passage, is disclosed. The dryer includes a heater for heating air passing through an air passage, the heater generating heat in a controlled amount, and a controller for controlling the amount of heat generated from the heater in accordance with a clogging degree of the air passage. Since the amount of generate heat is controlled in accordance with the clogging degree of the air passage, it is possible to achieve an enhancement in power consumption efficiency.

11-20-2008

20080313921

CLOGGING DETECTION METHOD FOR DRYER - A clogging detecting method for a dryer, which can accurately determine a clogging degree of an air passage, even when there is an operation deviation of a temperature control member, is disclosed. The clogging detecting method includes determining operating characteristics of a temperature control member turning on/off in accordance with a temperature of an air passage, determining a clogging degree of the air passage in accordance with a clogging reference corresponding to the determined operating characteristics, and displaying the determined clogging degree of the air passage.

12-25-2008

20080313923

CLOGGING DEGREE DECIDING METHOD FOR DRYER - A clogging degree deciding method for a dryer, which can accurately determine a clogging degree of an air passage, even when there is an influence of external environments, is disclosed. The clogging degree deciding method includes reading information as to clogging of an air passage, and displaying a clogging degree of an exhaust duct or a clogging degree of a filter in accordance with the read clogging information. The clogging information includes an ON/OFF duty ratio of a temperature control member. The displaying step includes comparing a difference between two ON/Off duty ratios finally stored with a filter-clogging determination reference value, and determining the clogging degree of the filter, based on a result of the comparison. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the clogging degrees of the exhaust duct and filter to the user.

12-25-2008

20090113745

Dryer - A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer is disclosed. A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum in which a drying object is held, a steam generation device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply device to supply water to the steam generation device in order to generate steam, an additive holding part in which an additive is held, and an additive supply device to supply the additive held in the additive holding part to the drum.

05-07-2009

20090113755

Control method of dryer - A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer and a control method of a dryer may be disclosed. A control method of a dryer includes (a) of supplying an additive to a drum in an initial part of a drying cycle for drying a drying object; and (b) of supplying an additive to the drum in a last part of the drying cycle.

05-07-2009

20090139110

CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DRYER - A control apparatus for a dryer, which can provide a connection for a detecting circuit adapted to determine a clogging degree of the dryer, is disclosed. The control apparatus includes a power supply circuit comprising a heating coil arranged in a heater case, and a temperature control member mounted to the heater case, the temperature control member receiving power, and supplying the received power to the heating coil, a microcomputer for controlling an operation of the dryer, and a connecting line for connecting the power supply circuit to the microcomputer. Through the connecting line, the microcomputer can detect a state of the power supply circuit.

06-04-2009

20090145001

DISPLAY DEVICE OF DRYER - A display device of a dryer, which can achieve the reliability of a function to display a clogging degree in the dryer, is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit for displaying a clogging degree of an air passage through at least one level indicator, and a controller for controlling the display unit when power is supplied, such that the level indicator flickers for a predetermined time, and then displays the clogging degree of the air passage. The display for the clogging degree of the air passage is executed, following the display of a normal operation state of the display unit.

06-11-2009

20120240427

CONTROL METHOD OF LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS - A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus (100) is disclosed. A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus (100) configured to supply steam and/or heated air to an accommodating space (12) accommodating laundry therein, the control method includes a water supplying step supplying water to water supplying device (130) configured to supply steam, a step supplying steam to the accommodating space (12) by heating of water inside the water supplying device (130), the step applying a horizontal motion to the laundry for a predetermined time period, simultaneously with the steam supplying, a cooling step cooling the laundry, and a drying step supplying heated air having a predetermined temperature to the accommodating space (12).

09-27-2012

20120246839

CONTROL METHOD OF LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS - A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus configured to supply steam and/or heated air to an accommodating space accommodating laundry therein, the control method includes a water supplying/heating step supplying water to a water supplying device configured to supply steam and heating the water, a re-supplying step re-supplying water to the water supplying device, a steam supplying step heating the water inside the water supplying device and supplying steam to the accommodating space, with the laundry kept still, a cooling step cooling the accommodating space, and a drying step supplying heated air having a predetermined temperature to the accommodating space.

10-04-2012

20120285037

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS ACCORDING TO TARGET RELATIVE HUMIDITY - A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The control method of a laundry treatment apparatus includes a humidity measuring step of measuring a relative humidity of an accommodating space accommodating laundry, a target humidity setting step of setting a target relative humidity based on the relative humidity measured in the humidity measuring step, to dry the laundry, and a heated air supplying step of supplying heated air to the accommodating space based on the target relative humidity.

Yang Hwan Kim, Busan KR

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20090025250

AUTOMATICALLY DRYER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF THE SAME - A method for controlling an automatic dryer is disclosed, which can determine a dryness level based on information relating the laundry by an initial average value of a sensing means, to thereby achieve stability and reliability in a drying process, the method comprising sensing whether the amount of laundry is small or large by using an average output value in a preset time period of an initial drying stage; detecting a saturation voltage generating point of the sensor; and performing a drying cycle based on each dryness level by using information for the amount of laundry and the saturation voltage generating point.

01-29-2009

Patent applications by Yang Hwan Kim, Busan KR

Yang Hwan Kim, Seoul KR

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20110239480

DRYER - A laundry machine, more particularly, a dryer is disclosed. A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum in which a drying object is held, a steam generation device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply device to supply water to the steam generation device in order to generate steam, an additive holding part in which an additive is held, and an additive supply device to supply the additive held in the additive holding part to the drum.

10-06-2011

Yang Hwan Kim, Goyang-Si KR

Patent application number

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20140240641

DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit configured to include a light source that supplies light to the liquid crystal panel, and a polarizing part adhered to the liquid crystal panel. The polarizing part is formed to extend in an outer direction of the liquid crystal panel, and surrounds at least one of an outside of the liquid crystal panel and an outside of the backlight unit.